Growing up in the home of a professional player as your father puts a lot of expectations both from the outside and internally. Leon has always had eyes on him and the pressure has become somewhat numb to him as he's grown up. Leon's dad always tried to remind him why he plays and never forced him into hockey, but Leon was always drawn to it. He always heard about his dad's scoring, however all Mikhail ever spoke about was winning a Challenge Cup. Starting around age 10, Leon started tracking his dad's points on his stick and with his number of cups right after. He saw the points keep going up, but never the cups. He continues to do this to this day as a reminder that goals and assists are fun and nice to look at, but at the end of the day they aren't the same as having just one cup.

"569 P 0 Cups"